"Miss Yuzu, won't you sit a bit longer?"
"Stay and have dinner before you go."
Mihou Sakai's mother, rather than fading with age, had retained her elegance through the baptism of time. Instead, she had become even more mature and sweet, like a fully ripened fruit.
Mihou Sakai, having inherited her mother's beauty, was equally lovable.
In Su Yuzu's embrace, Lan was also tightly hugging Su Yuzu's waist.
The little girl lay prone in Su Yuzu's arms, looking up with her small head, acting as if she didn't want Su Yuzu to leave.
Sister Yuzu smelled so nice, and she was so soft.
And so gentle.
Moreover, Sister Yuzu could conjure desserts with a bling-bling effect, just like the magical girls in cartoons.
Unlike her own sister's clumsy magic, where one could tell at a glance where the candy was hidden.
Sister Yuzu's magic made the little girl believe that miracles and magic truly existed.
No little girl could refuse a fairy sister who could conjure up desserts.
Su Yuzu held Lan's cute, symmetrical dumpling buns with both hands.
She grasped the buns that the mother had meticulously styled for the little girl, spinning the lass until she was dizzy, her head filled with that refreshing, citrus-like scent belonging to Su Yuzu.
Looking at Mihou Sakai, who remained silent but bit her lip with a look of expectation, Su Yuzu shook her head and apologized to the mature, elegant woman.
"I'm sorry... Auntie."
"I have other things to do this afternoon."
Su Yuzu looked at Lan, who was already dizzy in her arms, and added the final straw to the girl who was already on the verge of fainting from happiness.
She directly buried the girl into her own embrace.
"Uu-nyaa..." In front of Mihou Sakai and Mihou Sakai's parents, Su Yuzu bullied the girl.
Of course—
To the adults, it looked like a display of how much the girl liked Lan.
They got along very well.
Even Su Yuzu and Lan themselves thought so.
Hearing Yuzu's apologetic words, Mihou Sakai bit her lower lip hard.
Su Yuzu looked at the way Little Mihou lowered her small head, biting her lip and playing with the corner of her clothes. Honestly... she felt a bit apologetic in her heart as well.
Originally, according to the schedule, she should have accompanied Mihou Sakai to relax for the whole day today.
But... she had spoken to Zero last night.
She said she would return this morning.
If she had gone back once in the morning, Su Yuzu really would have stayed.
But she hadn't—
Su Yuzu wanted to go back and check on Zero's condition.
That girl, despite being an Aberrant, was also very heartbreaking.
In the Favorability rewards, things like [Common White Flower found everywhere] or [Large Foxtail Grass] would even appear—strange items that inexplicably made one's heart ache.
"Miss Yuzu..." Mihou Sakai's mother wanted to try persuading her again.
But Mihou Sakai, who had been clutching the corner of her own clothes, couldn't help but speak up, "Mo... Mother..."
"Senpai has her own business too."
"Don't make things difficult for Senpai."
The girl's obedience, thoughtfulness, and that concealable inferiority complex made even Su Yuzu's heart ache.
Next time. Definitely next time.
She absolutely had to carve out a day to accompany the girl alone.
The elegant and beautiful woman wanted to say something more, but the man on the side who had been silently helping out and working suddenly spoke up as well, "Let Mihou decide Mihou's matters herself."
"Don't make things difficult for Miss Yuzu either."
Mihou Sakai's mother glared huffily at this stuffy gourd. Under the dining table, the woman's hand couldn't help but gently slap the man's sleeve.
What did this stuffy gourd understand?
Her own Mihou and Miss Yuzu... were they simply a senior and junior?
Could she not be clear about her own Little Mihou's thoughts?
The father is a stuffy gourd, and as a result, the daughter is also a stuffy gourd.
At times like this, the parents aren't helping their daughter fight for it, but are instead pushing Miss Yuzu out the door.
How did she ever fall for this kind of idiot back then?
A girl as heroic and considerate as Miss Yuzu would definitely be very popular.
A miss by a hair's breadth is a miss by a thousand miles.
Perhaps her own Little Mihou was just that tiny bit away from missing a perfect opportunity.
Keep Miss Yuzu for dinner.
Delay dinner a little bit.
Then wouldn't the trams back to the city be gone?
Wouldn't Miss Yuzu have to stay overnight?
Their home is so small, and there are so many people; it wouldn't be a problem to let Miss Yuzu and Little Mihou go into the bathroom together.
When the time comes, she would push Miss Yuzu into Mihou's bedroom.
Close the door, turn off the lights.
Who knows whether they would sleep separately on the floor or squeeze together?
Looking at her daughter's disappointing appearance, the woman planned to give her a good remedial lesson tonight.
Some opportunities, once missed, will not come again.
But since Little Mihou and this old scoundrel had both spoken, the woman couldn't forcefully detain Yuzu any longer and sweep away the face of this foolish father-daughter duo.
She could only glare at the man with infinite charm.
Just wait until Miss Yuzu leaves; see how she teaches him a lesson.
"Then... then will Sister Yuzu come next time?" In Su Yuzu's arms, the little girl pulled at Su Yuzu's collar pitifully, her pretty tender green eyes glistening with water.
"Of course~~~"
"If your sister doesn't hate me visiting, I will come again." Su Yuzu tidied the little girl's hair bun.
"Yay!!!" Without asking for her sister's opinion at all, Lan raised her arms high instantly, riding on Su Yuzu's thigh, propping herself up, hugging Su Yuzu, and nuzzling against her.
Su Yuzu held Lan and glanced at Mihou Sakai.
The girl looked as if to say, 'How could I possibly hate Senpai?'
"These are all gifts I brought for Uncle and Auntie." She laid out the prepared gifts one by one; they weren't anything expensive.
They definitely wouldn't increase the psychological burden on Mihou Sakai.
"Thank you very much for your hospitality today, Auntie."
Su Yuzu passed Lan toward Mihou Sakai.
The little girl hadn't sat in Mihou Sakai's arms for even a few seconds before she ran down directly and grabbed Su Yuzu's skirt hem again.
Mihou Sakai looked at her own younger sister.
She just felt that her status in the family seemed to be in imminent danger.
But... if it was Senpai Yuzu.
It didn't seem to matter.
Father had no status in the family in front of Mother either, but seeing them sit together made Mihou Sakai feel happy.
She pulled Lan's hand back.
Mihou Sakai also wanted... to harvest the same happiness with Senpai Yuzu.
By the time Su Yuzu passed through the deep and shallow alleys and returned to Keigunen Private Academy via transfers, the sun had already risen to its highest point.
Braving the scorching sun of warm spring, Su Yuzu returned to the dormitory.
Beep beep beep beep—
Su Yuzu completed the iris authentication and prepared to open the door.
Inside the room... the little cat, whose body seemed curled into a tight ball and whose consciousness was about to blur, heard the sound of the mechanical transmission from the door.
The little cat cried out, "NyaaNayaa——" pitifully. She tried hard to arch her body.
Thump—
Because her arms were locked behind her back by the shackles, and coupled with... that surging wave in her heart, alternating front and back, crashing relentlessly against her nerves, the little cat, having not controlled her center of gravity well, rolled directly off the bed and planted onto the floor.
Hearing the commotion inside the room, Su Yuzu hurriedly closed the door and entered the room.
"Zero?"
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